| Battle of the Zolota Lypa | |||||||
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| Part of Battle of Galicia of the Eastern Front in the World War I | |||||||
 The battle on the Zolota and Gnyla Lypa rivers | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Austria-Hungary |
 Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Rudolf von Brudermann | Nikolai Ruzsky | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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3rd Army |
3rd Army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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160,000 men 482 guns[2] |
215,000 men 685 guns[3] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy | Heavy, but less than central powers[2] | ||||||
Battle of the Zolota Lypa (Russian: Сражение на Золотой Липе) There was a meeting engagement between the 3rd Russian and 3rd Austrian armies, the cadre troops of both armies met, so the battle was very tense, both sides tried to carry out mutual flanking maneuver.[4]
However, the battle soon ended, the Russians were successfully able to defeat the Austrian 11th corps on the Bug, which forced the entire army to stand on the defensive, and then retreat.[5]
The main reason for the failure of the Austrian troops was that they decided to conduct offensive operations against almost twice the size of the enemy, it played a cruel joke on them.[6]
- ^ Nelipovich 2017, p. 37.
- ^ a b Zayonchkovski 2002, p. 201.
- ^ Zayonchkovski 2002, p. 200.
- ^ Oleynikov 2016, p. 56.
- ^ Встречное сражение 3-й русской и 3-й австро-венгерской армий на реке Золотая Липа Проект памяти Героев великой войны
- ^ Zayonchkovski 2002, p. 202.